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Community Safety

Community Safety at Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service is split into three strands - Preventing, Protecting and Responding.  Select the department that interests you below.

Prevention

A Firefighter gives fire safety advice to a resident

  • Home fire safety advice

  • Our fire safety campaigns

  • Kids information

  • Smoke alarms

  • Home Safety Checks

  • Community initiatives

 

Read more about our prevention and education work

Protection

Newcastle skyline representing businesses we protect

  • Business Fire Safety

  • Fire safety Inspections

  • Fire Safety advice

  • Enforcing action

  • Legislation

  • Firework licences

  • Downloads 

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Read more about our fire safety legislation work

Response

Two Firefighters attend a Road Traffic Collision

  • Emergency response

  • Road traffic collisions

  • Urban search and rescue

  • Rope and water rescue

  • Animal rescue

  • Confined space rescue

  • Our equipment

  • New dimensions

Go to the Response section

Community Engagement

Community engagement - our 'hotshots' football event

  • Reaching out

  • Disabilities

  • Deaf and hard of hearing

  • Initiatives

  • Events

  • Meet the team

  • Celebrate safely

 

Go to the Community Engagement section